Making sports history with ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen

Happy Holidays from the Big Time Talker podcast! This episode of the Big Time Talker is a special collaboration with Zoom Into Books. Bill Rasmussen tells the story of creating ESPN, the household-name sports network that has changed the way the world interacts with sports. Bill talks about his early life, growing up during World War 2 and finding his place in the world with sports broadcasting.  He also discusses the more difficult parts of getting ESPN to where it is today, telling the story behind Monday Night Football and how the company was navigated over the last 50 years. You can read Bill's book, ESPN: One Giant Leap For Fankind now! Headlinebooks.com The Big Time Talker is sponsored by Speakermatch.com